Contrast in Shakespeare's Historical Plays |
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... But dust was thrown upon his sacred head ; Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off , His face still combating with tears and smiles , The badges of his grief and patience , That had not God , for some strong purpose , steel'd The ...
... But dust was thrown upon his sacred head ; Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off , His face still combating with tears and smiles , The badges of his grief and patience , That had not God , for some strong purpose , steel'd The ...
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Page 84 - So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it off.
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Page 64 - Venice gave His body to that pleasant country's earth, And his pure soul unto his captain Christ, Under whose colours he had fought so long.
Page 88 - When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound ; But now, two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough : this earth, that bears thee dead, Bears not alive so stout a gentleman.